Job Description

Tidewater Staffing is currently seeking Shipfitters for work in various local shipyards.

Shipfitter Job Summary:

The Shipfitter must possess knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to assemble, modify, layout, fabricate, repair, and install plates, shapes, and/or pipe to be used to form a part of a structural assembly in connection with ship alteration and repair.

Shipfitters with 3 or more years of experience laying out, positioning, aligning, and fitting parts of structural metal products with the use of regular supervision while always adhering to industry safety standards.

Essential Functions:

• Positions align, fit, and welds parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
• Verifies conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
• Tack-welds fitted parts together.
• Lays out and examines metal stock or workpieces to be processed to ensure that specifications are met.
• Aligns and fits parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
• Locates and marks work-piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
• Positions or tightens braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
• Studies engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
• Moves parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
• Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Measures, templates, cuts, and grinds components for foundations and other structural members.
• Efficient use of material to prevent waste.
• Advanced use of cutting equipment (Plasma Cutter and Oxy/Fuel Torch).
• Advanced reading, and interpreting of blueprints (successful identification of material types, parts, references, applicable views/details).
• Advanced use of temporary attachments.
• Advanced understanding of weld joint design (full and partial penetration welds, chamfers, and bevels).
• Advanced skill in the installation and removal of fasteners and rivets.
• Correctly identifies base material types and thicknesses.
• Advanced level tack welder in common shipboard positions (overhead, vertical, horizontal).
• Intermediate tack welding in uncommon/ limited access positions (mirror, confined, heavy interferences)
• Expert with an Advanced understanding of fitting operations (coping, straightening, carbon arcing).
• Advanced knowledge of Erect and Set principles (identification/use of extra material, set to lines, etc.)
• Advanced understanding of material fabrication.
• Recognizes tooling needs (Which tool to use for which application).
• Able to solve job issues without the need for Supervisory approval.
• Ability to read fit-up/alignments measuring devices (rulers/tape, levels, bobs, squares, etc.)
• Advanced use of power tools (grinders, reciprocating saws, drills, etc.)
• Advanced use of hand tools (hammers, punches, clamps, etc.)
• Correct setup of tools prior to use (running lines, drop tests, etc.)
• Knowledge of power tool safety, (correctly identifying kick direction and pinch points).
• Advanced use of positioning equipment (dogs/wedges, rams, saddles).
• Advanced knowledge of shipbuilding standards (009-12, W1689).
• Advanced knowledge of inspection standards (009-25, 009-06).
• Adheres to fire safety principles (hot work tickets, positioning fire watches, 35’ rule, etc.)
• Ability to instruct others to navigate onboard vessels to find work areas/backsides of work areas.
• Advanced knowledge of industry safety standards/training.
• Adheres to industry safety standards.
• Requires occasional supervision to accomplish work.

About Tidewater Staffing:

Since 1992, Tidewater Staffing, Inc. has been providing unrivaled workforce solutions for our clients in the ship repair, warehousing, and light industrial/manufacturing industries. Through the years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to solving staffing challenges efficiently, economically, and with integrity by embodying our mission statement: “Put people to work. Do the right thing every day.”

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Local area,

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